Re: programmatically changing help string

2003-08-18 Thread Aaron Ardiri
> > many many many moons ago, jens rupp and myself wrote this: > > > > http://www.ardiri.com/palm/gothelp/ > > > > now, with OS5, we were not able to do this any more - however, recent > > stuff i have been working on does make it possible to do this right > > now :) this stuff is old, but, can

Re: VFS performance questions

2003-08-18 Thread Thomas Damme
Hello Richard, you are 100% right with your conclusion to handle bigger blocks instead of single characters. With big blocks its much faster since it does not have to do all the VFS-conversions for every character, but for a bigger amount. You should implement a Buffer that takes all the data and

Serial Manager Query

2003-08-18 Thread Marianne
Hi, I am using new serial manager ( OS 3.5 and above) . I want to get first 11 bytes from the the serial and later (after validating 11 bytes) the rest of the bytes from serial.But, at a time I get about 31 bytes on serial port. I am not able to get only 11 bytes first and later the remaining byte

newValue = value in sclExitEvent?

2003-08-18 Thread Sean Yang
Hi All, I tried to use the following code to get the scroll value, but I found "i" always equal "j", so the scroll value always is Zero. Why ? if (eventP->eType == sclExitEvent) { Int16 i,j; i = eventP->data.sclExit.newValue; j = eventP->data.sclExit.value; } Thanks! Sean

Re: Conduits - (Newbie Ques)

2003-08-18 Thread Oliver
(cross-posted to conduit-dev-forum as it is more appropriate for that forum) > I want to write a conduit that allows me > to seed a .pdb file. Once the file is seeded > it can be hot sync'd to the device. On the device > I managed to put together a very very simple app > for viewing the re

Re: help with multu segment

2003-08-18 Thread Alan Ingleby
"palmforum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > We have very serious problem. > The size of our application is near 190 K. It consists of 70 modal > forms. > We work with multisegment model. > The application works in POSE but after soft reset it gets error > 'fawsem (1.0)

RE: A link error!

2003-08-18 Thread Vinu Raj
> Hello! >I want to use the serial port for communication. >I use the New Seirial Manager. If I call the > "OpenSerial()", when I build the project I get this error: >Link Error: PalmOs_Startup.cpp: '_Startup_' 16-bit code > reference to 'PilotMain' is out of range. >I really d

A link error!

2003-08-18 Thread 王晓东
Hello! I want to use the serial port for communication. I use the New Seirial Manager. If I call the "OpenSerial()", when I build the project I get this error: Link Error: PalmOs_Startup.cpp: '_Startup_' 16-bit code reference to 'PilotMain' is out of range. I really do not know how t

develop localize font for palm

2003-08-18 Thread Supawat Pusavanno
i have project to develop localization on palm os 5.0. the job is to enable my country font to display on palm os. it seem like i need to hack the palm but on the os 5 we couldn't do hack anymore. what could i do? where should i start from? thanks, tong+

Re: Act as a USB memory stick?

2003-08-18 Thread Arijit Das
SONY CLIE aready has this application. I regularly move files to the CLIE /memory stick using this app. Regards, -- Arijit Das -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/

Re: Act as a USB memory stick?

2003-08-18 Thread Douglas Handy
Paulo / John, >Handspring used to have an application which would do >this. ... So I believe the answer to >your question is 'yes, but you may need to be a Palm >licensee to do it' :-( The key word here is "application". The Handspring "File Installer SDK" required special software on *both* sid

Re: Act as a USB memory stick?

2003-08-18 Thread Scott Gruby
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Paulo Raffaelli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > John, > > Handspring used to have an application which would do > this. I think it allowed you to browse the contents of > a Visor plugged into the cradle as if it were an > external storage device; I don't know if it w

help with multu segment

2003-08-18 Thread palmforum
We have very serious problem. The size of our application is near 190 K. It consists of 70 modal forms. We work with multisegment model. The application works in POSE but after soft reset it gets error 'fawsem (1.0) just read from memory location 0x8003b4be, causing a bus error...' When we try to h

Re: programmatically changing help string

2003-08-18 Thread Chris Tutty
From: "Aaron Ardiri" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > many many many moons ago, jens rupp and myself wrote this: > > http://www.ardiri.com/palm/gothelp/ > > now, with OS5, we were not able to do this any more - however, recent > stuff i have been working on does make it possible to do this right > now :)

VFS performance questions

2003-08-18 Thread Richard Coutts
My app imports/exports text files to the PC using a Conduit. It's a pretty simple implementation that is very fast. I then wanted to add the ability to convert text files directly on the device by importing/exporting the same text files to the expansion Card for when users were away from their co

Re: Act as a USB memory stick?

2003-08-18 Thread Paulo Raffaelli
John, Handspring used to have an application which would do this. I think it allowed you to browse the contents of a Visor plugged into the cradle as if it were an external storage device; I don't know if it was ever released to non-developers. So I believe the answer to your question is 'yes, but

Re: Act as a USB memory stick?

2003-08-18 Thread Brad Figler
Why not just build it in to the Palm Desktop? Then it would be comparable to PocketPC active sync which allows you to do just what you described when the device is attached to the cradle. Brad John wrote: Imagine a Palm application controlling the USB port in such a way so that it announce its

Re: PilRC Error - Duplicate form object id

2003-08-18 Thread Julio Sejtman
There is An Object (Field, Label, Button etc) in the line number 39 of your file .RCP that have the same ID that Another Object Take a look to the ID lists in the file .H Send the code of .h and the .rcp for more help Julio - Mensaje original - De: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Para: "Palm Develope

Re: Simulator question

2003-08-18 Thread Keith Rollin
At 4:44 PM +0200 8/18/03, Pieterjan Vandegaer wrote: I currently don't have access to a os5 device (my zire71 is in repair), I would like to know if the following error message is a fatal one on a real device: I get this error: "NULL string passed", after that the simulator simply crashes. I do

Re: Act as a USB memory stick?

2003-08-18 Thread Dave Lippincott
Any of the Sony Clie units. Well, at least on the memory stick. There was an application back in the early days (pre-os 3.0) that was almost like a serial FTP connection to upload/download files. Can't remember the name or the developer but it worked like you've outlined only it used the serial

Act as a USB memory stick?

2003-08-18 Thread John
Imagine a Palm application controlling the USB port in such a way so that it announce itself as a USB memory to the PC (instead of as a Palm HotSync something). The user would be able to browse/add/delete files on the Palm through Windows Explorer just as any other hard disk. Wouldn't that be a co

Trunc String on the Popup Trigger

2003-08-18 Thread Régis Daniel de Oliveira
Hy all! How can i truncate a string that appear on my trigger control? Whe i click on the trigger, the list show the itens truncated, but, when a select a truncated item, it doesn't appear truncated on the trigger. Thanks any information. Régis Daniel de Oliveira -- For information on usin

PilRC Error - Duplicate form object id

2003-08-18 Thread nmailey
Can anyone tell me what this means (see below)? I search for duplicates on both fronts, the declaration and id, I couldn't find any duplicates? I'm at the latter stages of development, and a last request was to add a field to one of my formsafter adding it and compiling, I get this error:

Bitmap PDB

2003-08-18 Thread Ken
Hi, I would like to 1. convert a windows bmp to a pdb 2. read and display the pdb from a prc Are there any good references for this? Thanks, Ken -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/

Re: CW9 wizard : resources are created in .rcp instead of .rsrc format

2003-08-18 Thread Ben Combee
At 12:45 PM 8/18/2003, Thomas Menguy wrote: Thanks for the answer ... sad news anyway Just a question : Why? We expected new projects to be built with the Palm OS 68K linker, since it has quite a few advantages over the old linker. Our overwhelming feedback in the past was that people on Wi

Re: CW9 wizard : resources are created in .rcp instead of .rsrc format

2003-08-18 Thread Thomas Menguy
Thanks for the answer ... sad new anyway Just a question : Why? Thanks for your hard work ben Thomas - Original Message - From: "Ben Combee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Palm Developer Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, August 18, 2003 17:53 Subject: Re: CW9 wizard : resources are cr

Re: Convert to Uppercase automatically?

2003-08-18 Thread John
> Here's the basic jist of it... > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/palm-dev-forum/message/90644 > > Nole Thanks Nole (or is it Noel?), I implemented it, and it seems to work OK. Although I still need to figure out a way to convert those specific characters like (',' becoming '.') Oh well, that's

Overriding standard menu behavior

2003-08-18 Thread Vin Federico
Hi, I'm looking for some direction on how to proceed with a problem. I am trying to alter the behavior of how the menubar key is handled. When the key is hit, what I want to do is to not display the menubar, but instead for my form, display some alternative controls. From searching through th

Re: programmatically changing help string

2003-08-18 Thread Aaron Ardiri
> I can't find anything about this in the usual books and online docs. > Is there some trick that someone has come up with, or am I trying to > do the impossible? many many many moons ago, jens rupp and myself wrote this: http://www.ardiri.com/palm/gothelp/ now, with OS5, we were not able to d

Question on making installer: Quick Install doesn't show files

2003-08-18 Thread ames
I've tried a couple other forums, with no feedback... so I hope this is an appropriate place to post this question. I'm working on creating a windows install for a .prc and some .pdb files.. nothing fancy. When testing with the latest Palm Desktop (4.1), I have an issue. If I use my install, then

Accessing Unsaved Preferences database from my own application ??

2003-08-18 Thread Fabrice Meichtry
Hi everybody, I'm trying to modify the phone number of hotsync modem settings. I know that it stored in the Unsaved Preferences database, system database.. I'm trying to access it to open the specify record and then modify it.. I'm using the same methods that I used for my own database in my app

programmatically changing help string

2003-08-18 Thread Tucker, Jay
Is there a way to programmatically change a help string resource? Here's my scenario: I have an alert defined in PilRC like this: ALERT ID MyAlert CONFIRMATION HELPID MyDefaultHelpString BEGIN TITLE "My Title" MESSAGE "A message ^1 containing ^2 wildcards ^3." BUTTONS "OK" "Cancel

Re: prc-tools question

2003-08-18 Thread Mark Slagell
Weeks' vacation => long delay in replying, sorry 'bout that. John Marshall wrote: *Read* that error message. Your samples' makefiles contain -palmos options for some SDK that you do not have installed. Of course you're right, though I'm sure you know there's this pesky gap between reading and un

RE: Greying of controls

2003-08-18 Thread Jeff Ishaq
> -Original Message- > From: Dhanashri K > Sent: Monday, August 18, 2003 7:14 AM > > Hello All , > I want to disable the slider control on my form . For this , > i want the user > to know that it is presently disabled . Is there any way that > I can use to > gray the slider control ? F

Conduits - (Newbie Ques)

2003-08-18 Thread Muriph, Michael
I want to write a conduit that allows me to seed a .pdb file. Once the file is seeded it can be hot sync'd to the device. On the device I managed to put together a very very simple app for viewing the records. Is there a recommended book or white paper. I read the programmers

RE: CW 9.2's Expanded Mode in gcc

2003-08-18 Thread Ben Combee
Or, perhaps gcc *has* a convenient facility for this already, and that's why there are a lot of people who prefer to use it rather than CW. I don't know. As far as I know, expanded mode is unique to CodeWarrior. I pioneered the idea a few months before V8 was released, and John Marshall was par

Re: about Zire71 photo

2003-08-18 Thread Ben Combee
At 04:10 AM 8/18/2003, Miken wrote: I read the foregoing posts about Zire71 Photo.Now,I open the pdb file,and read DBLK' at offset 0x58,then I read bytes at offset 0x78.Is my way right?Please tell me,and thanks. The code in libprc, part of the par project, can be used to read file stream format

Re: CW9 wizard : resources are created in .rcp instead of .rsrc format

2003-08-18 Thread Ben Combee
At 06:36 AM 8/18/2003, Thomas Menguy wrote: Hi, I've just switched to CW9, and I want to use the wizards for a c++ application with mathlib. and the created ressources are in .rcp format. ok, I could change it by hand, but I would want to have it directly in constructor format. Any hint? Nope.

RE: CW 9.2's Expanded Mode in gcc

2003-08-18 Thread Jeff Ishaq
> -Original Message- > From: Ben Combee > Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2003 11:43 PM > > At 11:14 PM 8/17/2003, Jeff Ishaq wrote: > >Assuming CW9.2 ever materializes from Metrowerks, it is supposed to > >have fixed Expanded Mode support. > > 9.2 is in beta testing right now. You can join th

Re: SysLibLoad serial library

2003-08-18 Thread Dave Lippincott
The best method is to add routines to your app that detect the presence of the new serial manager and use those routines instead. - Original Message - From: "Samuel Jun Kurosawa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Palm Developer Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, August 18, 2003 9:59 AM Subje

Simulator question

2003-08-18 Thread Pieterjan Vandegaer
I currently don't have access to a os5 device (my zire71 is in repair), I would like to know if the following error message is a fatal one on a real device: I get this error: "NULL string passed", after that the simulator simply crashes. I don't believe that this will show up as an error on a real

Re: Where can i find a good FTP source code for Palm?

2003-08-18 Thread Gearoid Murphy
Try 'Palm OS Network Programming' by Greg Winton or the source code to the LFtp application at http://lthaler.free.fr/. Regards, Ger From: "Alexandre Barreto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: "Palm Developer Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Palm Developer Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Where ca

Greying of controls

2003-08-18 Thread Dhanashri K
Hello All , I want to disable the slider control on my form . For this , i want the user to know that it is presently disabled . Is there any way that I can use to gray the slider control ? For example , can I patch a bitmap on the slider control after it is disabled , and the bitmap is made tra

How do I save photo via Zire71 Camera

2003-08-18 Thread Armada Lee
I need capture the photo via Zire71 camera on my program,and save photo data to my database. Please tell me that how I do get image data when the shutter button on the camera is pressed,and thanks. How do I make the image data to a JPEG file format? Thanks. -- For information on using the Palm

SysLibLoad serial library

2003-08-18 Thread Samuel Jun Kurosawa
hi! I have a palm app that opens the serial port using the old serial manager. The problem is that in Zire 71, the "Serial Library" is not loaded at startup (SysLibFind returns this error code). I found this site (http://www.palmopensource.com/index.php3?more=382) that could help me, but the l

Where can i find a good FTP source code for Palm?

2003-08-18 Thread Alexandre Barreto
i need a ftp source code for palm a good one thnx _ MSN Messenger: converse com os seus amigos online. http://messenger.msn.com.br -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.pal

Re: memory leaks/database storing

2003-08-18 Thread Thomas Damme
Sorry, just found your original posting. Started the list from the top ;-) So forget what I wrote before. 1.) your function BuildAnswerString create a chunk in the dynamic area so you have to free it after you call QuestionEditRecord 2) With this code you just store strings in the database like "

CW9 wizard : resources are created in .rcp instead of .rsrc format

2003-08-18 Thread Thomas Menguy
Hi, I've just switched to CW9, and I want to use the wizards for a c++ application with mathlib. and the created ressources are in .rcp format. ok, I could change it by hand, but I would want to have it directly in constructor format. Any hint? Thanks Thomas ___

Re: memory leaks/database storing

2003-08-18 Thread Thomas Damme
Hello meg, actually there is nothing in these 2 lines that could cause memory leaks. You should provide us with some more code to detect them and to find out, why the content of newData is not stored in your database. But what I can see from the 2 lines: The first is not the way you would use a da

Re: Questions on Stack Overflow strategies

2003-08-18 Thread Frank Schaeckermann
Richard, one way may be to move all your local variables (the ones that otherwise end up on the stack) to a structure that you allocate dynamically on every entry to your recursive function and just keep a pointer to this structure as a local variable. This way you moved the required memory fro

Re: Q: How can I detect if a network connection is currently open/available???

2003-08-18 Thread Matthias Jordan
Hi, Gregg! How is everything? You wrote: > P.S. I have research both NetLibMaster(driverUp/ifUp) and > NetLibConnectionRefresh(bInterfacesUp) and neither work as I would expect > even though I am calling SysLibFind("Net.lib", &nl) before using them. Not sure about this, either, but here's my tw

about Zire71 photo

2003-08-18 Thread Miken
I read the foregoing posts about Zire71 Photo.Now,I open the pdb file,and read DBLK' at offset 0x58,then I read bytes at offset 0x78.Is my way right?Please tell me,and thanks. I go to http://cvs.coldsync.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/*checkout*/coldsync/conduits/zir e71-photo?rev=HEAD&content-type=tex